Chairman of the Telavi district court Mamuka Tsiklauri
imposed imprisonment of 10 years and 8 months on 16-year-old Malkhaz
Mzekalishvili for stealing cigarette, beer and vodka from the shop.
Although specialist state that Malkhaz Mzekalishvili’s mental and
physical development stopped at the age of 11, the judge did not
satisfy any motion of the attorney on medical expertise of the
convicted.

Who caused 230 GEL worth of damage to the property of Mr. Vano
Vardzelashvili and spent four months in prison for it? The official
documents gathered by the Gori office of the Human Rights Center
demonstrate that this person scratched the bonnet of the former
regional governor’s car by day in the town center. According to the
information available, this person was cursing Mr. Vardzelashvili.

Human Rights NGOs undersigned below express their concern
regarding the recent judgment of the Tbilisi City Court sentencing 6
youngsters to 3 years and 4 months imprisonment for hooliganism, the
fact of which has not been established by reliable evidence, and despite
a number of elevating circumstances present in the case. This comes as a
particularly harsh sentence in comparison with a pattern of sentences
applied e.g., against law enforcement officials who were found guilty of
causing deprivation of citizens’ lives. Just to compare: for the
murder of Buta Robakidze, 19, the police officer was sentenced to a
4-year-imprisonment (in 2006) and the murderers of Girgvliani, 27, did
not even spend the 4 years in prison, being pardoned by the President
(in 2009).

The death penalty might be imposed on two Georgian women
for spreading drugs in Malaysia. The possible main suspect in this crime
disappeared after Malaysian law enforcement bodies suspected him. The
suspect, who took the two Georgian women to Turkey to work in a Jeans
Shop, has yet to be found.

Batumi residents connect the detention of Ruslan Galogre with the wish
of the government to seize the hotel from the family of Galogres.
Ruslan’s brother – former head of Georgia-Turkey custom house, late
Oleg Galogre – built the hotel during Aslan Abashidze’s governance in
Adjara.

Khoni district court has been discussing the criminal
case with nine accused people for several months. They are blamed in
following criminal traditions, storage of weapon, and extortion money
from businessman, hooliganism and purchase-possession of narcotic
substance. Khoni district police carried out special operation to
detain them based on the secret phone-calls.

On October 24th, late at night, Georgian financial
police detained 100 Adjara residents in their homes. These are the
citizens who systematically crossed Sarpi customs service for last 4
months. Police was looking for the members of criminal group and their
allies. Ultimately, on October 25th, out of 100 citizens 15 detainees
were transferred to Tbilisi.

Brother of one of the leaders of the “Georgian Party” –
Sozar Subari (former public defender) – Vakhtang Subeliani was charged
under article 210 of the Criminal Code of Georgia at 1:00 am on October
28. This article envisages imprisonment for 7 years. Besides Subeliani,
several employees of the Petrol Company “Amo” Ltd were arrested. They
are accused in preparation of false invoices.

Chief prosecutor’s office finished investigation on the
case of the former MP Nikoloz Kvezereli. The case was sent to the
Tbilisi City Court for further discussion. Kvezereli is accused in
extortion of money and car from the Korean investor and resistance to
police officers. The former MP was sentenced to pretrial detention.

The Georgian Young
Lawyers Association (GYLA) blames the Parliament of Georgia in
breaching the regulations when introducing amendments to the Criminal
Procedural Code of Georgia. According to the GYLA, the above-mentioned
amendment can be declared unconstitutional based on the Organic Law of
Georgia about Constitutional Court.

On October 21, quarrel at the entrance to Lilo market
started at about 1:00 pm and lasted almost half an hour. Strangers
physically assaulted a leader of the National Forum Gubaz Sanikidze and
journalists. The employee of the TV-Company “Kavakasia” was beaten; the
video-camera of the online TV- ITV was broken; the member of the
National Forum Zaza Chakvetadze was arrested.